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Anthony Joshua says he will undergo elbow surgery this month before making a return to the ring.<\/b><\/p>\n
The two-time world heavyweight champion has been out of action since suffering a devastating fifth-round knockout against Daniel Dubois<\/a> at Wembley in September.<\/p>\n Joshua, 35, said he was “trying to get my body right” before making a comeback.<\/p>\n “I’ve got to have a little surgery on my elbow, a small surgery, sometime in May,” Joshua told broadcaster Dazn.<\/p>\n He added: “That will see me out of the gym for maybe six to eight weeks and then, as soon as I’m healed, I’ll be back.”<\/p>\n Joshua, who has won 28 of his 32 fights, was at ringside in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday to watch Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez defeat William Scull on points.<\/a><\/p>\n Promoter Eddie Hearn said in April that he remains confident a fight between Joshua and fellow two-time heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury could still happen.<\/a><\/p>\n Hearn said all it would take is a direct message on social media between the fighters – despite Fury announcing in January that he had retired from boxing.<\/a><\/p>\n Joshua won Olympic super heavyweight gold at London 2012 before winning his first world title in 2016.<\/p>\n The Briton unified the WBA, IBF and WBO world heavyweight titles in 2018 and reclaimed them from Andy Ruiz Jr in 2019, before being dethroned by Oleksandr Usyk in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n